I think lots of people slept on the great, breezy garage rock of the Mantles when they released their excellent debut, self titled album last year. Fans are given a second chance with the group releasing the follow up, an EP titled Pink Information, out soon on Mexican Summer. The first song we’ve heard from the album is the charged up rocker “Cascades,” which puts a little more edge into the bands sound and adds a cool, gritty layer where spacy, West Coast garage rock was before. Not sure if the whole album will be as amplified, but either way it is another great song from this under appreciated band.
The Mantles- Cascades
-Josh
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Northern Kansas City, Mo., Hospital to Close Behavioral Health Unit.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News June 29, 2002 By Julius A. Karash, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 29–North Kansas City Hospital said Friday that it plans to close its behavioral health unit to make room for more medical and surgical beds.
“With the increased number of patients with health care needs, we are challenged to manage the demand for medical and surgical care with the number of beds we currently have available,” said David Carpenter, the hospital’s president and chief executive officer.
Carpenter said that the hospital will begin phasing out the behavioral health unit Monday, and that the closure is expected to be completed by Sept. 1.
Current patients in the behavioral health unit will continue to be served during the phaseout by Tri-County Mental Health Service, which manages the unit.
“Tri-County has helped us provide these services over the past 18 months,” Carpenter said. “Tri-County’s executive director, Morty Lebedun, and the Tri-County staff have managed this relationship in a very professional and caring way. We know they will continue to maintain the high-quality service to behavioral health clients that they have throughout the time we’ve worked together.” North Kansas City Hospital has reached an agreement in principle with Research Mental Health Services for emergency department and psychiatric consultation services. web site north kansas city hospital in our site north kansas city hospital
“We have a solid transition plan in place,” Carpenter said.
The behavioral health unit employs 63 clinical and technical staff who work for North Kansas City Hospital. Carpenter said that “every attempt will be made to assist these employees in finding placement either within the hospital or at other facilities in the Kansas City area.” The behavioral health unit was created in 1973 to provide inpatient and partial hospital services. The program was managed by the Menninger Clinic from 1998 until late 2000.
Meantime, Carpenter said increased demand for medical and surgical services is pushing the hospital to capacity. For example, he said, the hospital’s 350 inpatient beds were 95 percent occupied recently.
He attributed the growing demand to overall growth in the Northland, the increasing health care needs of an aging population and the hospital’s “reputation for providing high-quality care.” Carpenter said the hospital a year and a half ago completed a $100 million expansion that doubled the size of its emergency room and added space for outpatient care and offices.
“Within the next few months, we need to make a decision as to whether we need to build additional (space for) acute care beds,” he said.
